Connie
Dieken is a business communication authority who helps leaders conquer
resistance, delays and long-windedness in today's world of short attention
spans. Winner of a 2007 Leadership Ohio Think Tank Award
and a 2006 NAWBO Top Ten Women Business Owners Award, Connie advises
leaders, emerging leaders and sales executives on how to communicate
in a world driven by instant addicts.

Organizations like
Olympus
, Apple, Moen, The Cleveland Clinic, Pacific Life, Rockwell Automation, and KraftMaid turn to Connie to guide them to be more successful in their communications. She develops and delivers keynote addresses, strategic plans, communication coaching programs, and workshops to ensure leaders inspire commitment and move others to action.

She
guides leaders to shine in high profile communications such as annual
meetings, board meetings, analysts' presentations, product launches,
mergers and acquisitions, and media relations. She also helps
sales teams boost their success by ensuring that their interaction and
presentation skills are crisp and influential with target audiences.

Ms.
Dieken is the author of the book You
Lost Me at Hello: How to Talk to a World of Short Attention Spans.
She has also co-authored 4 books: Communicate
Clearly, Confidently & Credibly and the 303
Solutions book series.She is an inductee of the Radio & Television Broadcasters
Hall of Fame. She designed the innovative Make
Things Happen communication system and her work has been
featured in The
Los
Angeles
Times, Crain's Business, The
Chicago
Tribune, Women's Day, ABC and in dozens of publications across
the country. Degreed in Telecommunications from
IndianaUniversity
, Connie delivers
Executive Education courses through the Kelley School of Business at
I.U., and has taught communication skills atCorporateCollegeand presentation skills at
KentStateUniversity
.

One
of the country's most respected communicators, Connie is a spokesperson
for more than 50 corporations nationwide, including Sealy, GE, Invacare,
American Greetings, Ernst and Young, Goodyear, Giant Eagle and Diebold
automated teller machines.

Connie
Dieken is an active member of the National Speaker's Association and
recipient of its highest award, the CSP. She has received wide-spread
recognition for many charitable and civic projects. As a parent of two
teenagers, she skillfully balances family life with the hectic demands
of a burgeoning business.